Milkweed & Teasel

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Animal Babies

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I drove to Mr. Baker's farm and collected our ram this week. We have him on loan, the same ram we had last year. I was pleased wi...
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013

More puppies

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Podge's maternity unit is also my office, and I find it a pleasant contrast to do my mundane, uninspiring paperwork next to this mira...
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Saturday, 20 April 2013

Puppies' First Trip Out

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Podge and her Podgelets went to the vets for a check-up. The vet pronounced the puppies in good heath, and he docked (shortened) their ...
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Friday, 19 April 2013

We have Podgelets!

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Podge went into labour just after midnight, and gave birth to the last pup at about 7 a.m. this morning. We have five healthy cocker span...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

K9-1-1

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We had our first warm spring day yesterday, and even saw the sun come out for a few hours. Not one to take a nice day for granted, I piled a...
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Sunday, 14 April 2013

Podgewatch

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We're counting down the final days of Podge's pregnancy. She's scheduled in the diary to whelp on Tuesday, but when did writing ...
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Friday, 12 April 2013

Our first turkey egg

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Thank you, turkeys. "And to think,  YOU  wanted to have us for Christmas dinner..."
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Jennifer Montero
Two decades ago I left New England for olde England with nothing but my books and degrees in anthropology and art history. After some years toiling in various museums and historic sites, I decided to pursue my passion for the outdoors and enrolled in agriculture college. While working as head gardener on an estate in Dorset, I met my husband, a gamekeeper. His is one of those archaic jobs that only appear in Hardy novels and episodes of Downton Abbey. We now live and work together on a private estate raising game birds. Life in the country is not all bunting and cream teas—more blisters and cold rains. But with a dog leash in one hand and my Debretts Guide to British Etiquette in the other, I am conquering the British countryside, training dogs, caring for pheasant chicks, battling predators, and cooking. LOTS of cooking. In my spare time I tend a flock of sheep, and in winter I butcher and sell local game and wild food. It's hard work, but it's never dull. So sit, read, and laugh along. And be glad that you work in a temperature-controlled building like a normal person
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